Hoda Hannaway, AASW

Hoda Hannaway is an AASW social worker and counsellor with ten years' experience helping people cope with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, parenting challenges, depression and life changes. She focuses on practical steps that fit day-to-day life and on improving thoughts and everyday habits that shape how people feel and act.

Hoda uses a strengths-based outlook to help people notice what is already working, then build on those parts. She follows a person-centred way of working so sessions are guided by each person's goals and concerns. She also draws on evidence-based techniques informed by attachment ideas and trauma-aware practice.

Her background includes managing family mental health services, running parenting workshops and providing crisis support across diverse communities. That experience informs a straightforward style that aims for clear communication and practical tools people can try between sessions.

In the room she focuses on what people can change now - thoughts, daily routines, and communication patterns - rather than relying on jargon. She supports people to rebuild trust, sort out communication problems and manage stressful life transitions at a pace that suits them.

Hoda works from Australia and conducts sessions in English. She asks people to choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to therapist availability when they are ready to begin.

Therapeutic approaches and making online therapy work for you

Hoda uses evidence-based techniques alongside a person-centred and strengths-focused way of working. A strengths-based approach helps people identify what already works in their lives and expand those behaviours and routines that support wellbeing. This approach is especially useful for rebuilding confidence and practical coping habits.

Attachment-informed ideas guide her work on relationship and communication issues. These concepts help people understand patterns in how they relate to others and try new ways of connecting that reduce conflict and increase emotional closeness.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. The therapist collaborates with each person to test methods, adapt techniques and choose goals that fit their situation, needs and preferences. That partnership helps make change realistic and sustainable.

The biography does not list specific online session formats, so please confirm available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. When discussing arrangements, Hoda will talk through practicalities and help match the session style to what will work best for daily life.